Defying strike vote, UAW forces Volvo Truck workers to remain on job in Virginia
Although Volvo Heavy Duty truck workers in southwestern Virginia voted by 96.8 percent to authorize strike action if a new agreement was not reached by time their five-year contract expired on March 15, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has kept workers on the job. Defying the strike vote, the UAW signed a 30-day contract extension, which expires on April 16, giving the company ample time to prepare for a strike.
There are 3,500 workers at the New River Valley (NVR) manufacturing plant in Dublin, Virginia. Volvo Truck workers are employed at facilities in Allentown and Middletown, Pennsylvania, Hagerstown and Baltimore, Maryland, and Jacksonville, Florida, but the UAW keeps workers at the Virginia plant under a separate labor agreement. In October 2019, the Mack-Volvo workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida struck for two weeks while the UAW kept NRV workers on the job even though they were hit
Approximately 1,100 workers in Alabama are continuing a strike against Warrior Met Coal after the union rejected a tentative agreement negotiated with the company last week. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced the strike, which began the night of April 1, will continue, as will negotiations with the company. “Our members made it clear that the tentative agreement was not .
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